The
annotated list of hepatics for the Caucasian State Nature Reserve (CSNR), one
of the largest reserves in European Russia, records 126 species based on
approximately 700 specimens collected by the authors. 12 species (Calypogeia
sphagnicola, Cephalozia ambigua, Cephaloziella aspericaulis, C.varians,
Jungermannia pumila, Lunularia cruciata, Mannia androgyna,
Marsupella sparsifolia, Pallavicinia lyellii, Peltolepis quadrata, Sauteria
alpina, Scapania brevicaulis) are new records for the Russian part of the
Caucasus, 74 are new for the Republic of Adygeya. New localities for eight
red-listed European species and five that are red-listed in the Krasnodarskyi
Territory also are documented, indicating significant conservation value of the
resereve. The greater richness of the flora of the Caucasian Reserve by
comparison to that of Teberdinsky Reserve in Northern Caucasus is discussed.